C H73 ] 



Begonia Evansiana. Two-coloured 

 Begonia. 



C/<z/} a»i On/fr. 



MONCECIA POLYANDRIA. 



Generic Charatler. 



Masc. Gz/. nullus. Cbr. polypetala. «Sto;/;. numerofa. 



Fem. Cal. nullus. Cor. polypetala, fupera. Cap/, alata, poly- 

 fperma. 



Specific Charatler and Synonym*. 



BEGONIA Evanjiana ; caulefcens foliis inaequaliter cordatfs 

 acuminatis inaequaliter ferratis fupra fpinulofis fubtus fan- 

 guineis, capfulae alis acutangulis fubaequalibus. 



BEGONIA Evanjiana; foliis inaequaliter cordatis, fupra hifpi- 

 dulis, nitidis, margine inaequalibus, acutiflime ferrulatis : 

 petalis duobus lato-ovatis, duobus obovatis quadruplo 

 majoribus : caulibus flexuofo-erectis, nodofis : axillis bul- 

 biferis. Bot. Repof. 627. 



TSOU HOY TONG. " Chineje drawings" in Mu/eo Bankf. Fide 

 Linn. Soc. Tranf. v. \. p. 172. 3. 



tVe doubt whether this plant be not a variety of Begonia 

 grandis; it fo much refembles K/EMpfer's figure, that we can 

 fcarcely find any other difference than that of the leaves being 

 lefs angulated, and the female flowers more cernuous. In 

 both, thefe flowers are, contrary to mofl of the fpecies, 

 four-petaled and fimilar to the male, the ftamens are mon- 

 adelphous, the alae of the capfules nearly equal, and the upper 

 furface of the leaves are covered with minute fpinules. But 

 Thunberg, in his delcription of the fame plant, under the 

 name of obliqua y exprefsly fays, the leaves are pale on the under 



furface ; 



